User`s guide

About This Guide

■ The following terms are used to describe the types of data that appear on

your screen.

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Form

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Field

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Choice List

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Window

A menu is a list of options, usually numbered in sequential

order, that appears on your screen or is spoken. By

selecting an option, you can access a submenu or a form.

Forms that appear on your screen are similar to the paper

forms. Forms appear when you enter or edit data for the

database. They contain information that you can change

and blanks for you to provide new information.

Fields are the areas in a form where you change or

provide information.

In some forms, in addition to the cursor highlighting a

field, a list of logical choices appears on the screen for

that field. This list may show previously entered data or

the default values for the field.

A box of text that appears on the screen for information

purposes. A typical window instructs you to perform a

certain action such as

Press any Key to Continue.

No data is entered in a window.